2013年10月12日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Senate talks focus of hopes for government shutdown solution

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 12:38 PM PDT

Senate Talks Focus of Hopes for Shutdown SolutionNegotiations between the White House and House Republicans come to a halt.


Wind, rain pound India as massive cyclone makes landfall

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 10:36 AM PDT

Indian people watch high tide waves as they stand at the Bay of Bengal coast in Vishakhapatnam, India, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of people living along India's eastern coastline were taking shelter Saturday from a massive, powerful cyclone Phailin that was set to reach land packing destructive winds and heavy rains. (AP Photo)A massive, powerful cyclone packing heavy rains and destructive winds slammed into India's eastern coastline Saturday evening, as hundreds of thousands of residents moved inland to shelters in hopes of riding out the dangerous storm.


22 years later, arrest made in ‘Baby Hope’ murder case

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 03:12 PM PDT

Cousin Arrested in Baby Hope CaseMore than 22 years after Anjelica Castillo, aka "Baby Hope" was found murdered in the woods of upper Manhattan police have made an arrest in the case.


Police in NYC make arrest in death of 'Baby Hope'

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 04:37 PM PDT

FILE - A Tuesday, July 23, 2013, file photo shows a poster soliciting information regarding an unidentified body near the site where the body was found in New York. In a cold case more than two decades old, investigators used DNA to identify the mother of a dead child known only as Baby Hope, police said Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig,File)NEW YORK (AP) — Police announced Saturday that, after an investigation lasting more than two decades, they had arrested the killer of a child who was nicknamed Baby Hope by detectives after her body was discovered inside a picnic cooler beside a Manhattan highway in 1991.


Adrian Peterson has dealt with tragedy often

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 03:52 PM PDT

Minnesota Vikings' Adrian Peterson makes his way off an NFL football practice field at Winter Park in Eden Prairie, Minn., Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. Peterson said he is certain he will play Sunday despite a serious personal matter that caused him to miss practice earlier this week. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Elizabeth Flores) ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; SOFT OUT MINNEAPOLIS-AREA TV NOT TV OUT; MAGAZINES OUTMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When Adrian Peterson was 7, he saw his older brother die in a bike accident when he was hit by a drunken driver.


Food stamp debit cards not working in many states

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 03:08 PM PDT

In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, an Electronic benefit Transfer card, food stamp recipients use to purchase food, is seen at the Sacramento County Economic Development Department in Sacramento, Calif. Shoppers in Illinois and other states have been unable to use their food stamp debit cards because of an outage at the vendor that processes the payments. Xerox Corp. spokeswoman Karen Arena confirmed Saturday that some Electronic Benefits Transfer systems are experiencing temporary connectivity issues. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)People in Ohio, Michigan and 15 other states found themselves unable to use their food stamp debit-style cards on Saturday, after a routine test of backup systems by vendor Xerox Corp. resulted in a system failure.


Wacha, Cardinals edge Dodgers for 2-0 lead in NLCS

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 04:22 PM PDT

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw throws during the first inning of Game 2 of the National League baseball championship series against the St. Louis Cardinals Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Curry, Pool)ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rookie Michael Wacha pitched into the seventh inning with zero margin for error and the St. Louis Cardinals silenced the Los Angeles Dodgers for the second straight day, winning 1-0 Saturday for a 2-0 lead in the NL championship series.


W.Va. passenger train, truck collide; driver ID'ed

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 11:58 AM PDT

In this photo provided by the Pocahontas Times, crews work at the site where a truck carrying logs down Cheat Mountain on U.S. Route 250 crashed into the side of a train taking passengers on a scenic tour in rural Randolph County, W.Va., on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. The crash killed one person and injured more than 60 others, according to emergency services officials. (AP Photo/The Pocahontas Times, Geoff Hamill)CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Volunteer fire chief Buster Varner was giving a safety demonstration at a school when a real call came in: A logging truck had collided with a passenger train at a crossing in the remote mountains of West Virginia.


Migrant tragedies sharpen calls for safe passage

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 02:41 PM PDT

A survivor cries on the casket of her sister who died when their boat capsized off in the Canal of Sicily before it is embarked on a Italian Navy ship at the Lampedusa island harbor, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. A fishing boat packed with 500 African migrants capsized on Thursday Oct. 3, 2013 off the shores of the island of Lampedusa, causing more than 300 dead. The enormous scale of the tragedy, which could become the largest death toll in a migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean on record, has created momentum for a comprehensive European Union immigration policy to cope with the tens of thousands fleeing misery and strife in Africa and the Middle East. (AP Photo/Mauro Buccarello)VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Three deadly Mediterranean shipwrecks that claimed the lives of hundreds of would-be asylum-seekers fleeing war and repression sharpened calls Saturday for humanitarian corridors to allow safe passage to Europe.


Schilling estate sale draws shoppers to Mass. home

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 12:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2012 file photo, former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling sits with his wife Shonda, right, after being introduced as a new member of the Red Sox Hall of Fame before a baseball game between the Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins at Fenway Park in Boston. Schilling, whose video game company collapsed into bankruptcy, is selling off furniture, sports collectibles and even artificial plants from his Massachusetts home. An estate sale company has scheduled a sale of items from Schilling's seven-bedroom, 8,000-square-foot Medfield residence for Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson, File)MEDFIELD, Mass. (AP) — One of the earliest shoppers at an estate sale held Saturday at one-time Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's former Massachusetts home emerged pleased with his take.


Among social conservatives, a pocketbook message

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 12:25 PM PDT

Sen. Ted Cruz R-Texas pauses while speaking at the Values Voter Summit, held by the Family Research Council Action, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, in Washington. Afterward, Cruz went to the White House for a meeting between Republican senators and President Barack Obama to discuss the debt ceiling and the partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking a new generation of leaders, social conservatives are looking for a lot more than opposition to gay marriage and abortion.


Mortar shells hit near inspectors' hotel in Syria

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 01:01 PM PDT

A damaged vehicle smolders after firefighters extinguish a fire on it following two mortar rounds struck the Abu Roumaneh area in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. Syria's state news agency said two mortar rounds struck an upscale neighborhood in the Syrian capital of Damascus, killing at least one child and injuring a dozen people. (AP Photo)BEIRUT (AP) — Two mortar shells hit Syria's capital Saturday near a hotel where international chemical weapons inspectors and United Nations staff are staying, state media and a hotel guest said.


Emerging Senate proposal focus in budget battle

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 10:50 AM PDT

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada leaves the Senate floor to meet with Democratic Senators on Capitol Hill in Washington Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — The focus of efforts to end the government shutdown and prevent a U.S. default shifted to the Senate on Saturday, where leaders were in talks aimed at resolving the twin stalemates.


Taylor Swift opens $4M Country Hall of Fame center

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 11:46 AM PDT

Taylor Swift poses for a photo with Piper Moralez, 11, at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. Swift is at the facility to open the $4 million Taylor Swift Education Center. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — It might as well be Taylor Swift weekend in Music City.


Kerry says partial Afghan security deal reached

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 10:31 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry paces while on a mobile phone call from the second story of the Afghan Presidential Palace during a break in an extended meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the palace during an unannounced stop in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, as a deadline approaches for a security deal about the future of U.S. troops in the country. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says a partial agreement has been reached with Afghanistan on a security accord but the potentially deal-breaking issue of jurisdiction for American forces remains unresolved.


Ariz., some other states reopen national parks

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 10:29 AM PDT

Hundreds of tourists flock to Grand Canyon Airport to take helicopter and plane tours as the only way they could see the Grand Canyon as the entrance to Grand Canyon National Park remains closed to visitors due to the continued federal government shutdown on Friday Oct. 11, 2013, in Tusayan, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Tourists returned to the Grand Canyon on Saturday after Arizona officials along with several counterparts agreed to a federal government plan to reopen national parks, which had been closed as a result of the partial government shutdown.


Grand Canyon opens in state, fed nat'l parks deal

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 12:47 PM PDT

Hundreds of tourists wait in the cramped terminal at Grand Canyon Airport to wait their turn for helicopter and plane tours as the only way they could see the Grand Canyon as the entrance to Grand Canyon National Park remains closed to visitors due to the continued federal government shutdown on Friday Oct. 11, 2013, in Tusayan, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Tourists returned to the Grand Canyon on Saturday after Arizona officials along with several counterparts agreed to a federal government plan to reopen national parks, which had been closed as a result of the partial government shutdown.


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